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Not another CLICO
Top executives of the rebranded Guardian Group. After 166 years in the insurance business, the Guardian conglomerate in the Caribbean this morning unveiled its rebranded image, with an assurance to...
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Myrie judgement October 4
Flashback: Shanique Myrie and her attorneys on the way to court in Barbados last year. The much-anticipated decision in the Shanique Myrie case will be handed down on October 4. The Caribbean Court of...
View ArticleCharged for murder
Just 24 hours after the killing of a nursing home workers, police have charged someone with the death. He is 29 year of David Anthony Ricardo Jones of Platinum Heights, Christ Church with the murder of...
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Slow and easy
Prime MInister Freundel Stuart Government will not adopt any short, sharp response to the challenges being faced by the Barbados economy. This assurance came from Prime Minister Freundel Stuart today...
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Care your eyes, PM advises
Rose-Ann Foster-Vaughan receives her award from Acting Governor General Sir Phillip Greaves. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has called on those Barbadians who have the “slightest concern” about their...
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NO ROOM
Nalita Gajadhar and Marrianne Burnham. Barbados’ sole shelter for women who are victims of domestic abuse remains more than full to capacity. Stating that the centre usually accommodates 25 families,...
View ArticlePain remains
by Shawn Cumberbatch The closure of Almond Beach Village and related changes involving its sister properties have had another negative financial spinoff. An ongoing restructuring of the Super Centre...
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Sell off
by Shawn Cumberbatch Sagicor, the insurance and finance company rooted in Barbados, is offloading its burdensome European business in a corporate deal worth $170.5 million. It has forged an agreement...
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We’ll take that
Barbados’ ability to seize the ill-gotten gains from criminal activity through civil procedures will soon go before Cabinet for consideration. This was disclosed by Attorney General and Minister of...
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Make dreams a reality
Jaquan Greaves receives his special award from Acting Senior Education Officer, Fernando Carter. While being recognised for their work over the past four weeks, students who completed the national...
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If only
The constitutional amendment which prevents Government from cutting public sector pay is restricting its ability to solve the island’s fiscal problems. Noting that such a policy helped Barbados “avert...
View ArticleCouncil moves to improve productivity
The Productivity Council is on a mission to improve worker productivity. Productivity Officer, Jannell Arthur, revealed that an island-wide GET UP! (Getting Everyone To Understand Productivity) Project...
View ArticleBrace for financial fallout, Bajans told
Barbados should brace for future financial fallout from the CLICO debacle it is now trying to resolve. A group of International Monetary Fund economists believe that while a new type of supervision...
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Making GAIA category one facility
Government is pushing ahead with efforts to acquire category one status for the Grantley Adams International Airport. But Minister of Tourism, Richard Sealy, informed a news conference this afternoon...
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$900m airport plan
Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of International Transport, Irvine Best. The Cabinet of Barbados is expected to approve that long-mooted Airport Master Plan in...
View ArticleGUIDE THEM
The support of guidance counsellors when summer school students return to classes in September, as well as parents can slowly turn around some of the issues leading to failing grades and deviance....
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Hooked on Bim
by Roy R. Morris RIchard Alleyne and David Silverberg of Regal Farms. Two Americans — one with Barbadian connections, and backed by Israeli expertise — are now in the advanced stages of setting up a...
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Best Bajan talent
In Awe: This patron was captivated by this piece. The true beauty of the arts within Crop-Over is the fusion that has become a part of the Visual Arts Exhibition on the calendar. In addition to the...
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Ding-dong battle
It was a tough contest filled with surprises this year for the Scotiabank Junior Calypso Monarch competition. Annually the competition begins as a National Cultural Foundation-run programme with...
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Always prepared!
At the end of a Grand Kadooment where there were no major incidents reported, a picture like this says clearly — we are always ready, mishap or not. Today the army added its numbers to those of police...
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